Warm-ups

Make sure coaches warm your players up before the actual workout

Always warm up before working out. We do different ball handling drills to get the players ready for the workout. This normally takes up the first 15 minutes of an hour long session. Warming up prepares the body for whatever work you plan to do in your session. This is an absolute must for basketball players. When I’m in a rush and skip the warmup, my players don’t have the same type of energy during the session. We start off with stationary drills and move on to more drills like the one in the video. Repetition is important, so I try to make sure they do at least 20 of everything. The number of reps also depends on the skill level of the player. The amount of time I spend in warmups is usually no more than 15 minutes, I also try not to go under 10 minutes for the warmup. I add finishing at the rim at the end of the warmup if they do a good job with ball handling. Lastly, younger players need to be trained in this way because when they reach higher levels of basketball, coaches expect the players to be ready to warm up.